An intelligent robotic system for early mobilization and rehabilitation

在密集手术、中风或其他神经疾病后，患者的早期活动是其成功康复的重要因素。有证据表明，早期的简单做法可以减少住院天数，这是一项主要的医疗成本。由于跌倒的可能性高，对医护人员的要求高，大多数符合条件的北美患者不接受这种简单的治疗。卡尔顿大学先进生物机电与运动（ABL）实验室发明了一种名为GaitEnable （GE）的新型机器人技术，它可以解决早期运动实践面临的主要问题，因为它降低了摔倒的风险、员工受伤的风险和所需员工的数量。GaitEnable基于其移动机器人全方位基地和主动跌倒预防，预计将影响早期动员（EM）和步态康复（GR）实践，在北美分别有超过500万名患者。

Early mobilization of patients after an intensive surgery, stroke, or other neural illness is an important factor in their successful recovery. Evidence shows that simple practices early on can reduce the hospitalization days as a major healthcare cost. With the high chance of falls and intensive staff requirements, majority of the eligible North American patients do not receive this simple therapy. A new robotic technology, called GaitEnable (GE), has been invented at Carleton University's Advanced Biomechatronics and Locomotion (ABL) laboratory, which can address the main issues faced by the early mobilization practice, in that it lowers the risk of fall, risk of staff injury, and the number of required staff. GaitEnable, based on its mobile robotic omni-directional base and active fall prevention, is expected to impact the early mobilization (EM) and the gait rehabilitation (GR) practice, each with over 5,000,000 patients in North America.